Troubled snooker star Ronnie O’Sullivan today temporarily cast aside the personal problems which have forced him to cancel the rest of the snooker season to watch
Roger Federer give a record-breaking tennis master class at the O2 Arena.

Roger Federer saw off Janko Tipsarevic in just over an hour at London’s O2 Arena (Picture: AP)

Former world champion O’Sullivan was among a capacity crowd cheering on defending champion Federer in the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.The Rocket announced today he is sitting out the rest of his season so he can resolve personal issues.

He decided the best way to relax and forget his troubles was by watching some tennis and he enjoyed the first set, which Federer won in just half an hour, from an executive box.He then switched to the Tennis Family Zone bar for the second set which lasted 38 minutes as the Swiss star wrapped up a 6-3, 6-1 victory.It was Federer’s 40th win at the Tour Finals, breaking the previous record of victories held by Ivan Lendl.O’Sullivan will have enjoyed seeing a fellow sporting great at the peak of his powers and Federer’s stunning performance may have given him food for thought as he ponders his own future.

Ronnie O’Sullivan has been in attendance at the ATP World Tour Finals for the opening two days (Picture: Getty)

The 31-year-old Wimbledon champion won the first game of his match with Serbia’s Janko Tipsarevic to love and then broke the serve of his 28-year-old opponent to take an iron grip on proceedings.A further break led to a comfortable 6-3 win in the opening set and Federer was in full control as he lost just one game in the second.He will now play the winner of tonight’s match between Juan Martin del Potro and David Ferrer in the second group match on Thursday.